Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-01-28
LAND OF r..s MIDNIGHT SUN.
Whore People Go. TO Red In Broad Day
lIght--A Cold Fourth OF July.

llEht-A Cold Fourth OF July.
I've been across the ocean more times
than care to tell, and l know London
almost as we'll as know Phila lelphia,
but have never been to northern Eu-
rope before this summer" said OK Attor-
ney General Brewster to u reporter. II
left here on the Dist. went up to Hull
ON, the 23d. and ON the 9Th joined the
ship Angelo, and after very smooth
ana pleasant passage arrived at Chris
uansand i'll Norway, on the following
Sunday. It's very interesting old
place went to church there. It's u
clean. nice style Of Norwegian town.
The people are very quiet, nicely be-
haved, plain and simple. Monday was
passed i'll Christiania, town of tonsid-
.rab.e importance. staid there one
day and then went by rail mp to Thrond-
jem, the old capital of Norway, which
at one time was the largest and wealth.
est town i'll Norway. 1t had at one
time many monasteries and churches.
"In Thrond jein is the Oldest cathedral
In all Norway. 1t WAS founded i'll 101G
by ST. Olaf, and on tho ground where
lie was buried the present building was
erected in 1851 and completed in 1910.
and was enlarged in 1900. The cathe-
dral is Il very interesting work of gothic
architecture. 1t was damaged three or
four years ago by fire, and i'll rebuilding
1t large walls were erected, which
changed the architectural appearance OF
the structure. 1t is now being restored
with very much pains and care. There
was an annual fair being held i'll
Throndjem while was there and it was
filled with specimens of farmers and
working people. 1t was held in an open
street. II WIS quite crowded and every
thing vas orderly and quiet, and all OF
the people appeared 10 be comfortable,
well-dressed, sturd. vigorous, and sim
pie III their ways, and u very honest
people. The fair was held for business
and friendly intercourse. All the time
was in Norway ] saw no dirty pow
erty, no bcsgars, no tramps or idle.
worthless people. The farms all mp
peared TO be thoroughly taken care of.
Everything around the house was kept
in good order. Farms were in perfect
condition. Tho houses were clean and
comfortable and small and unprctend.
ing. The women are plain looking but
very vigorous. and they are quiet and
clean and mild in their ways. They
look rs if they were exposed to hard
work, and they have :; healthy. com
Portable, satisfied look The men had n
sturdy, manly look They look like
people who have no wealth and thev
appeared 10 all b. Oh social level.
There seemed To lie no distinction be-
tween them, but they hal All air of in
dependence. ! saw no drunken people
there and heard no NOISY people. 1t is !.
very peaceful place. Thrnnd jon, is built
of wooden houses, good broad streets.
well paved, ami las plenty OF good
shops.
The sun reaches lis ur?crmost poin,
on the II At of June. rot 10 'Ti,urndjcr
III O'clock in the morning ON the 29tl,
al June. There YVES no night 1t was
broni daylight at midnight. Ther2-~ivo.
scarcely any darkness. n shont
night and day. TIsasSs ent to he'd
regularly at 80 wit,, tho ,un
'''in'nf, s3} ElLS3Ttr shutters ana
r, " BSRr'r cnrtains and slept and
rs quiet us ii the night was
s ~ dark. After leaving 'rhrumdjai,
took q ship named after some ancient
Norwegian king. and i'll company with
fifty or sixty other tourists, all people OF
responsibility and int, liigcncn aud men
from different nations. Tiere were
twenty-five Americans; the rc,t were
natives OF France, Skin, Germany.
Denmark, NORWAY. Sweden aud l1hg.
land. We went up the coast IL Trom,o
and then to Ilamlncrfesi. the mos
northern town in the world. saw th
high mountains and the whole of iii,
coast all the WY M to the North cape,
the extreme northern point Of Europe
II arrived there OH the 18th OF July. II
was cold. wet day. Tho climate is
harsh cold and wet, rainy and damp
When it is not raining there is hcav,
mist. The North cape is OIL u point o.
land ut least 1000 feet above the level o,
the sea. When was at the North cart
the sun was obscured with clouds. a
II O'clock ut night the sun was vsib!,
for n time. In winter it is dark there
nearly all day, rs we'll rs at night. :
returned by the same towns, but through
different waterways. The whole of The
navigation WAS protected by land, there
fore the sen WAS mild We were SUI,
rounded by immense mountains, coverce
with snow. Oh my return to rhrord
jem l went across Norway through
country which was filed with lakes.
high mountains and green valleys, cas-
cades and falls, and farms well careC
for. 1t all had Il solitary and bleak ap
pearance. People were making the mos
out of what they had. but their life wa
evidently hard one. The railway sta
tons are supplied with eating house,
that are clean and with ali abundance,
of good and wholesome food ana fruil
and wines at reason prices. The Traveller
is treated honestly. The women atten
these cating-houses generally. They ar
Ill quiet women. pleasant and prompt.
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